RF5BPilot

I have seen a number of cars over the years go through the normal cycle of depreciation....sort of bottom out....have a bunch of people claim that they'd never be worth much, only to have the non-customized survivors be worth some money (eventually). I still think that the best mods are ones that can be returned to stock without residual damage. I'd hold on to any original parts I remove.

Jacks911

Consider that the 991 might have the same impact on the 996 that the Boxster had on the 914???
That first high volume lower priced Porsche mid engine car was called lots of names by Porsche Purists during it's day. But they sold lots (I bought one) and prices dropped... and 40 years later ... a really pristine 914 is selling for more than your average used car lot Boxster!

Porsche Purist only love the car they have and refuse to look at the truly New Models like the 914 and the 964 and the 996 that make radical changes to the established model. Remember the 356 crowd hated the 911 .. for a year or so... the rest is history.

I for one think the narrow body 911 and the Mk 1 996 have a purity of design that F.A. Porsche would approve of... "Design must be functional and functionality has to be translated visually into aesthetics without gags that that have to be explained first.".

DreamCarrera

+996

Well said and I agree with your assertion 100%. Unfortunately, I think we are in the minority here, even amongst 996 owners/followers.

Shameful, IMHO, that 996 owners here don't step up and defend the model to the point that it deserves...

Rrrockhound

+1. The whole wide-body thing is like a fetish to some people. I never really got it.

Turkertwo

The 996 very much fits into the Porsche 911 development bloodline, whatever the oil-cooled haters said in 1998. Notice that the 997 when introduced was embraced by the 911 community, when it is nothing more than a 996 with a couple years of technical updates (all good) and a thinner door panel profile. For this reason, I think 996 pricing will follow the 964 value line over time. Meaning the 993 will always be an outlier (on the high side) as it was the last with oil cooling and low volume production numbers.
This site gets the 996. It is the Porsche you want if your are going to drive daily and hard and want to add mods at a reasonable price point. A classic it will never be, but who cares, this car delivers real world performance at conering and straight line speeds earlier models could only dream about.

Targatoo

If something is good, more of it is better, right?

jumper5836

Not really, Porsche noticed the wide body models got a lot of recognition and they increased the width on the base 997 model. I think it was wide enough when the did that but they further increased it with the 4S model. While they did make it wider they also made it taller and more bulbous on the 997. The bulbous basket ball shape is not as pleasing to the eye as a sleek wide rear end. Luckily on a GT3 the wing really hides it.

Quix

I think most of us here defend it simply by driving it.

street rod

+996 I could have bought any model I wanted to and decided on the narrow body. Just a fabulous car. I have been driving sports cars my whole life and am as proud of this one as any. I bought this car to drive, not to leave in the garage and see how much its worth in 15 years.

DK570

Porsche likes to pretend the 996 never existed. Notice anything missing?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=0BMf8dTAo_8

white out

996's are down into the mid teens, some as low as $10k.
996T are into the upper twenties

The 991 will have zero effect on the chassis; we already know where it's headed.

dotframe

into my garage and on the track in a year or two if they stay this low!

rpm's S2

I have not seen any cars in decent condition at those prices. If anything, values seemed to have stabilized after a fairly steep drop in 2008-09. Good 996s go for 20-30k, while good 996tts are 35-40+.

Certainly there is an occasional fire sale by someone, or a guy gets some amazing deal. And beaters, salvage cars, and ridiculously high mileage cars will always be cheap. But for good condition, appropriate mileage cars your numbers are completely inaccurate.

voodoojar

Im just going to put this here, I will buy any 996tt with a clean title and is not spray painted camo that is in the 20k price range. Just let me know i have my checkbook ready.

It's astonishing to me how great a value the 996tt is even at $50k all because of some headlights.

BReif61

The cheapest 996TT I've seen was a high mileage (~200k) tip that was in the mid/upper 20s still.

And only 996's I see in the teens (at least around here) are Mk1 tip Cabrios. Not really my cup of tea.